Break the Glass and Walk Away: A (VERY) Brief Overview of BGP

Ned and Chris give a very brief overview of BGP, its place in the history of the internet, and how it works today.
It’s a Confusing Day in the Neighborship
Sure, Kim Kardashian broke the internet that one time, but she’s not the only one capable of such a feat. In this episode, Ned and Chris recount the tale of how Verizon and a BGP optimizer took large swaths of the internet offline in 2019. This leads them into the intricacies of border gateway protocols, tracing its evolution from a temporary solution for NSFNET in the 1980s to a foundational element of internet routing today. Along the way, they explore version four's operational details, including key attributes like local preferences and AS path length.
Links
• BGP Deep Dive: • BGP Deep Dive
• BGP defined: en.wikipedia.o...
• ASN Allocation: www.nro.net/ab...
• Three napkins protocol: www.stuff.co.n...
• Or was it the TWO Napkins protocol?!?: computerhistor...
• Allegheny and DQE mess up the internet: blog.cloudflar...
• NSFNET: en.wikipedia.o...
• NSFNET Backbone: new.nsf.gov/im...
• Leading Tier 1 ISPs: macronetservic...